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Port Jefferson Cellist Receives LISFA Scholarship

Iris Park is the recipient of a Long Island String Festival Association Suffolk County Private Study Grant.

Port Jefferson Middle School student Iris Park with Director of Music and Fine Arts Dr. Michael Caravello and orchestra teacher Dr. Vanessa Salzman.
Port Jefferson Middle School student Iris Park with Director of Music and Fine Arts Dr. Michael Caravello and orchestra teacher Dr. Vanessa Salzman. (Courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District)

Press release from the Port Jefferson School District:

July 26, 2022

Port Jefferson Middle School student Iris Park is the recipient of a Long Island String Festival Association Suffolk County Private Study Grant. Iris, a seventh grader, is a cellist who plans to continue her cello studies during the summer months. She joins fellow music students, eighth grader Mari Fukuto and Edna Louise Spear Elementary School fifth grader Sebastian Salzman, who were named summer music study grant recipients earlier in the year from the Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association.

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